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"Job candidates being interviewed by AI recruiters risk being discriminated
against if they don’t have American accents, or are living with a disability, a
new study has warned.
This month, videos of job candidates interacting with at-times faulty AI video
interviewers as part of the recruitment process have been widely shared on
TikTok.
The use of AI video recruitment has grown in recent years. HireVue, an AI
recruitment software company used by many employers, reported in February that,
among 4,000 employers surveyed worldwide, AI use in hiring had risen from 58%
in 2024 to 72% in 2025.
Australian research published this month estimates the use is significantly
lower – about 30% in Australian organisations – but expected to grow in the
next five years.
However, the paper, by Dr Natalie Sheard, a University of Melbourne law school
researcher, warns the use of AI hiring systems to screen and shortlist
candidates risks discriminating against applicants, due to biases introduced by
the limited datasets the AI models were trained on."
Cheers,
Andrew
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
